Say No To This
[BURR]
There's nothing like summer in the city. Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty. There's trouble in the air, you can smell it. And Alexander's by himself. I'll let him tell it.
[HAMILTON]
I hadn't slept in a week, I was weak, I was awake. You've never seen a bastard orphan more in need of a break. Longing for Angelica. Missing my wife. That's when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said...
[MARIA]
"I know you are a man of honour. I'm so sorry to bother you at home but I don't know where to go, and I came here all alone..."
[HAMILTON]
She said,
[MARIA]
"My husband's doing me wrong. Beating me, cheating me, mistreating me. Suddenly he's up and gone. I don't have the means to go on..."
[HAMILTON]
So, I offered her a loan. I offered to walk her home, she said,
[MARIA]
"You're too kind, sir."
[HAMILTON]
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away, she lived a block away, she said,
[MARIA]
"This one's mine, sir."
[HAMILTON]
Then I said, "Well, I should head back home..." She turned red. She led me to her bed, let her legs spread and said...
[MARIA]
"Stay?"
[HAMILTON]
"Hey..."
[MARIA]
"Hey?"
[HAMILTON]
That's when I begin to pray, Lord, show me how to say no to this. I don't know how to say no to this. But, my God, she looks so helpless. And her body's saying, "Hell, yes!"
[MARIA]
Whoa...
[HAMILTON]
No, show me how to say no to this. I don't know how to say no to this. In my mind, I'm tryin' to go...
[COMPANY]
Go, go, go!
[HAMILTON]
Then her mouth is on mine and I don't say...
[COMPANY]
No! No! Say no to this!
No! No! Say no to this!
No! No! Say no to this!
No! No! Say no to this!
[HAMILTON
I wish I could say that was the last time. I said that last time, it became a pastime. A month into this endeavour, I received a letter. From a Mr James Reynolds, even better! It said,
[JAMES]
"Dear sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health, and in a prosperous enough position to put wealth, in the pockets of people like me, down on their luck. You see, that was my wife you've decided to--
[HAMILTON]
Fuuuu----
[JAMES]
Uh oh! You made the wrong sucker a cuckold, so time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled! And hey, you can keep seeing my whore wife if the price is right. If not, I'm telling your wife!
[HAMILTON]
I hid the letter and I raced to her place, screamed "How could you?!" in her face, she said,
[MARIA]
"No, sir!"
[HAMILTON]
Half dressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked pathetic, she cried,
[MARIA]
"Please don't go, sir!"
[HAMILTON]
"So was your whole story a setup?"
[MARIA]
"I don't know about any letter..."
[HAMILTON]
"Stop crying, goddammit! Get up!"
[MARIA]
"I didn't know any better!"
[HAMILTON]
I am ruined!
[MARIA]
Please don't leave me! I am helpless!
[HAMILTON]
How could I do this?!
[MARIA]
Just give him what he wants and you can have me!
[HAMILTON]
I don't want you... I don't want you...
[MARIA]
Whatever you want! If you pay, you can stay!
[HAMILTON]
Lord, show me how to say no to this.
[COMPANY]
Say no to this.
[HAMILTON]
I don't know how to say no to this.
[COMPANY]
Say no to this.
[HAMILTON]
But the situation's helpless...
[MARIA]
Helpless...
[HAMILTON]
And her body's screaming, "Hell, yes!"
[MARIA]
Whoa...
[HAMILTON]
No, show me how to say no to this.
[COMPANY]
Say no to this.
[MARIA/HAMILTON]
How can I say no to this!
[COMPANY]
Say no to this.
[HAMILTON]
There is nowhere I can go...
[COMPANY]
Go, go, go!
[HAMILTON]
When her body's on mine, I do not say...
[COMPANY]
No!
[HAMILTON]
Yes!
[MARIA]
Yes...
[COMPANY]
No!
[HAMILTON]
Yes!
[MARIA]
Yes...
[COMPANY]
No!
[HAMILTON]
Yes!
[MARIA]
Yes...
[COMPANY]
No!
[HAMILTON]
Yes!
[MARIA]
Yes...
[HAMILTON]
Say no to this.
[HAMILTON/MARIA]
I don't say no to this.
[HAMILTON]
There is nowhere I can go.
[COMPANY]
Go, go, go!
[JAMES]
So?
[HAMILTON]
Nobody needs to know...